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Ben Lyman

@benrunsalot.bsky.social
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THE Ohio State University Alum. Runner. Military Historian. Dad of 4. The odds are never in my favor.

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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 12h
It would seem my tax dollars go primarily to golf outings (not mine obviously), political ads during football games, and missile interceptors to keep my friend Ryan alive. Life is funny huh.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You tell your kids "if you're cold, wear a sweater" because you're worried about energy costs. I tell my kids "if you're cold, wear a sweater" because I want to be comfortable wearing my sweater. We are not the same.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s not even October and I’m already hearing about jingle bells and how Batman smells. Ladies and gentlemen we lost the war on Christmas.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How I look at my sweatpant collection now that the nights are cooler.
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Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit
ALT: Spice Adams Rubbing Hands Meme: Yellow & Pink Suit
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In the war of musical gingers I will wear the fur coat.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Distance running is a great support but the problem with it is that my kids ansolutely do not care that I PR’d the marathon this morning and would like to spend the rest of the day with my feet up and my eyes closed.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yo who leaked my latest OER?
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
PREACH
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I got a root canal today and my mouth HURTS
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Is there anything more satisfying than when you finally figure out the song whose melody has been stuck in your head?
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The only change I’ll consider.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Every time I kill a cricket that has invaded my home I think of the movie A Bug's Life and my actions feel righteous.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Today at my daughter’s 5th grade orientation I learned that it will be vitally important for me to charge her Chromebook nightly because I sure and shit know she won’t remember.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Crunchy peanut butter is the superior peanut butter.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is it actually possible to love your job?
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Watching the CENTCOM Commander write WSJ Op Eds about how amazing the war is going and how the morale has never been higher as we drag on into the 6th month of the 3-day special military operation to denuclearize Iran
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Safe and Beautiful National Guardsmen walking the mall in this heat look more depressed than 10th Mountaineers in the middle of a Drum winter.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It would appear the JRTC Podcast has been removed from YouTube just as my episode was coming up in the queue. This is an incredible disappointment and a disservice to everyone who wanted to see what a worn out BCT S2 looks like on camera only six hours after SOBE.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Not sure I’ve ever needed anything more than I need CFB season to start.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Sunday evenings call for wine and history.
Glass of wine, book on book stand, national championship banner in the background.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
When I said I wanted to have a French Sunday I meant a relaxing and refreshing day at home NOT my kids building barricades and declaring an end to the (in their minds) tyrannical rule of their parental oppressors.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I think I ate the lettuce from Taylor Farms 🤢
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I’ll never claim I’ve unlocked the secrets to parenting but we filled our house with books and now our kids love to read. I think there is something to that.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The wars, threats of war, and the possibility of more war need to stop. My wife and I have tickets to In the Heights in November and I’d rather not be away.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Nothing more soothing to the ears than a modest rain shower punctuated with a mid-distant thunder.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
America’s Mayor.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Welcome back from leave.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I simply need a year to do nothing but read and write and catch up TV and spend time with my kiddos. Instead I’ll probably get a Caribbean invasion or something equally as unfun.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Never a good day when you have to ask the group chat if one of your deployed buddies is still among the living (he is thankfully)
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I either go see the Odyssey tonight at 11p or I don't see it in IMAX (and likely not at all in theatres). So it's either see the new hotness and be exhausted tomorrow when the kids wake up or miss out entirely. I call it Homer's Trap.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The army giving me four weeks of paid vacation just for me to have to spend 80% of it visiting my in-laws is both genius corporate management (“Oh so you hate your job? Here’s something worse”) and next level evil.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This meme is the gift that keeps on giving because it’s endlessly applicable.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
One of my greatest flaws is that I love wearing white shirts even though I have four small children.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fully participating in the corrupt bargain finally makes the US a futbol country.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 04/07/2026
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation's independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city's waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It will be north of 90 degrees on Coney Island when Joey Chestnut steps out onto the world stage once against to demonstrate greatness. We know he will overcome the elements and rise to the challenge. Truly a generational talent.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Watching Hamilton with the kids and reminded how absolutely insane that 7 years after the end of the War for Independence some random kid on Washington’s general staff became Secretary of Treasury. Founding generation just built different.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Soccer replay is just as dumb as football replay.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This broadcast would be much better if we had Gus and Joel on the play by play and commentary. Already got Jenny on the sidelines.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I watched the new Avatar movie with the kids and while I expect these movies to be formulaic I didn’t expect it to be a Coke Zero vs Coke Zero Sugar kind of thing.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
It’s 10pm and my 10yo is still up. Hello summer break.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Summer vacation is wasted on children. I need 2.5 months off to relax, play golf, read great books, and otherwise be human for longer than a series of 15-minute increments.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What I like about futbol is that you can lose by not winning and win by not losing and I think that’s a great metaphor for life.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The real reflection is the algae we made along the way.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What is more American than a crowd in Seattle belting out a song about western Virginia after watching a team full of immigrants and guys with dual citizenship win in a sport invented in Europe on a day we celebrate the crushing of a treasonous rebellion and the liberation of those held in bondage?
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
He reminds me of my Grandfather in his 80s during his cognitive and physical decline.
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Ben Lyman @benrunsalot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Turns out the key to consistent green recoveries with your Whoop is to just *not go to work*
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